''The Best of Celine Dion'' is the third French-language

compilation album A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several Performing arts#Performers, performers. If by one artist, then generally the tr ...

by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released by

Carrere Records Carrere Records (french: Disques Carrère, link=no, ) was a French record label which specialized in Euro disco and rock music. The record company was sold to Warner Music Group in the early 1990s. Early days Claude Carrere started working with ...

in selected European countries on 2 May 1988, preceded by the

Eurovision The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...

-winning song, " Ne partez pas sans moi". In Germany, the album was issued with a different cover and was titled ''Vivre''.

Background

On 30 April 1988, Dion won the

Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...

in Dublin, Ireland. She represented Switzerland with the song " Ne partez pas sans moi". After this success, the single was released in selected European countries in early May 1988 and Dion promoted it in mid-May in Switzerland, France, Denmark, Germany, Finland and Italy. The single entered the European charts reaching number one in Belgium, number eleven in Switzerland, number thirty-six in France and number forty-two in the Netherlands. Then

Mega Records Mega Records was a Nashville, Tennessee-based music label founded in 1970 by former RCA Records executive Brad McCuen along with Harry E. Pratt. Its most successful recording artist was Sammi Smith who also recorded the label's very first single.< ...

issued a compilation of Dion's songs, including "Ne partez pas sans moi". The album titled ''The Best of Celine Dion'' was released in Switzerland, France, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg on 2 May 1988. In Germany it was re-titled to ''Vivre'' and issued with a different cover but the same track listing.

Content

''The Best of Celine Dion'' starts with the 1988 Eurovision-winning song, " Ne partez pas sans moi". The other songs were previously released in France on ''

Du soleil au cœur ''Du soleil au cœur'' (meaning ''Sunshine in the Heart'') is the first French-language compilation album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released in France on 20 September 1983. It is also Dion's first album released in France. It includes mainl ...

'' (1983) and '' Les oiseaux du bonheur'' (1984) or on the singles only: "

C'est pour vivre "C'est pour vivre" (meaning "It's for Living") is the second single from Celine Dion's album ''C'est pour toi''. It was released in October 1985 in France and later that year in Quebec, Canada. The song was recorded with the choir ''V'là l'bon v ...

" (1985), "Billy" (1986), " Je ne veux pas" (1987) and " La religieuse" (1988). Aside from "Ne partez pas sans moi", the album also contains another hit-song, "

D'amour ou d'amitié "D'amour ou d'amitié" (meaning "Of Love or Friendship") is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion, recorded for her French-language album, '' Tellement j'ai d'amour...'' (1982). It was written by lyricist Eddy Marnay and French composers Jean Pier ...

" which reached top ten in France in 1983 and was certified Gold by the SNEP for selling over 700,000 copies. All older songs (1982–1986) were produced by Eddy Marnay and Rudi Pascal. The newer tracks (1987–1988) were produced by Romano Musumarra, Didier Barbelivien, Urs Peter Keller and

Atilla Şereftuğ Atilla Şereftuğ (born 16 November 1950) is a Turkish-Swiss songwriter, born in Istanbul. Career In 1986, Şereftuğ participated in the Swiss heats of the Eurovision Song Contest as composer of the song "Pas pour moi". The song's co-composer w ...

Track listing

Release history

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Best Of, The 1988 greatest hits albums Albums produced by Eddy Marnay Celine Dion compilation albums